vt.[W]

1. 要，想要[+to-v][O2][O7][O8][O4]
   I don't want my daughter taken out after dark.

   我不願有人在天黑以後帶我女兒外出。

   He wants you to see him in London without fail.

   他要你務必在倫敦見他。

   Somebody wants to see you.

   有人想見你。

2. 想見；要求（某人）來；想用（某人）[H]
   You're wanted on the phone.

   有你的電話。

3. 緝拿，追捕[H][（+for）]
   The robber is wanted by the police.

   警方在通緝那個強盜。

4. 需要[+v-ing]
   Your coat wants washing.

   你的衣服該洗了。

   What you want is a holiday.

   你所需要的是假期。

5. 【口】應該[Y][+to-v]
   You want to tell him the truth.

   你應該把實情告訴他。

6. 缺乏，缺少
   He certainly does not want intelligence.

   他當然並不傻。

vi.[W]

1. 缺乏，缺少；需要[（+for）]
2. 生活困苦，貧困
   The opera star wanted in her later years.

   那位歌劇明星晚年生活困苦。

n.

1. 需要的東西；必需品[P1]
2. 缺乏，不足[U][（+of）]
   He did not get the promotion for want of judgment.

   他因缺乏判斷力而未獲提升。

3. 匱乏，貧困[U]
4. 需要[U]

v.

1. have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.
   ▸wish to speak to (someone).
   ▸ (be wanted) (of a suspected criminal) be sought by the police for questioning.
   ▸desire (someone) sexually.
2. informal, chiefly Brit. (of a thing) require to be attended to:
   the wheel wants greasing.
   ▸should or need to do something.
3. (often want for) literary lack or be short of something desirable or essential.

n.

1. lack or deficiency.
   ▸poverty.
2. a desire.